NEWS. 
J. Franxuin Coxtis has been appointed assistant professor of botany at — 
Brown University. 
Dr. Kart Fritscw has been appointed professor of systematic botany at : 
the University of Graz. 
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Durinc the last year 59,349 specimens were added to the Herbarium of the 1 
New York Botanical Garden. i 
Proressor Apotr ENGLER will attend the meeting of the British Associa- 4 
tion in South Africa, whence he goes to East Africa for further study of the flora. | 
Dr. RICHARD SADEBECK, professor of botany and director of botanical — 
museums at Hamburg, and well known for his work on pteridophytes and plant — 
diseases, died recently at the age of 64 years. 
J. N. Rose left Washington June 21 for the “cactus fields” of southem 
Mexico, expecting to be gone about four months. His purpose is to collect is j 
only herbarium specimens, but also material preserved in formalin and living — 
plants. 
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AT THE JUNE Convocation, the University of Chicago conferred the degree of ; 
Ph.D. upon H. Hassetprinc, the title of the thesis being “Carbon assimilation;” 
and upon Erorte B. Sons, the title of the thesis being “A morphological study _ 
of Sargassum filipendula,” | 
THE BOTANICAL SUBJECTS for the two annual Walker prizes in 1906 are se 
follows: An experimental field study in ecology, A contribution to a knowledge ~ 
of the nature of competition in plants, A physiological life history of a single 
species of plants, and Phylogeny of a group of fossil organisms. 4 
P. PorsILp, the Danish botanist 
logical station on the island of Disco, western’ Greenland, latitude 70°. The 
necessary 35,000 kroner (about $9500) was given by Justitsraad HoLck, oe 
Copenhagen, and the Danish government has promised maintenance. 
, has secured the establishment of a bio- 
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